The occupying forces were supported by a minority of the Dutch.
Active resistance was carried out by a small minority which grew in the
course of the four-and-a-half years of the occupation. The Germans
deported the majority of the country's Jews to concentration camps, with the assistance of the Dutch police and civil service: the Netherlands had one of the highest levels of collaboration with the Nazis during the Holocaust. 75% of the country’s Jewish population were exterminated, a much higher percentage than countries like Belgium and France.[1]
Most of the south of the country was liberated in the second half of
1944. The rest, especially the west of the country, suffered from the Hunger Winter. On May 5, 1945, the whole country was liberated by the Allied Forces.